Taxi driver caught drink driving

Peter Hardwick
Reporter
Peter started in 1976 as apprentice typesetter/comp and has 32 years with The Chronicle in three stints (in between working/holidays in UK/Europe, Brisbane and Melbourne). Entered editorial from comp room in 1996.

A TAXI driver pulled over by police in Toowoomba was found to be drink driving, the city's Magistrates Court has been told.

Police on patrol on the evening of July 22 had pulled over a taxi driven by Syed Kamal Hussain Gilani after the vehicle turned into Wilkinson St, Harlaxton, police prosecutor Senior Constable Des Neijens told the court.

Breath-tested at the roadside, the 33-year-old was taken to the police station for a breath analysis test during which he blew 0.104, the court heard.